Barite, Skunk Pocket, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
This large and aesthetic barite specimen was collected from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa from a find made in November 2019...
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Fluorescent Mineral Photo Gallery
Minerals that are fluorescent under shortwave, midwave, and/or longwave UV from around the world. Each database entry shows white light photos along with UV photos, as well as localities and descriptions. Use the index to search for specific minerals, or fluorescent minerals from a region. If this page is entered via the index, the results are filtered.
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Barite Rosettes from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
Located on the banks of the Mississippi River in Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa, the Linwood Mine is one of the largest underground limestone...
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Glow Stick Barite, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
This specimen is from a find made at the Linwood Mine, in Buffalo, Iowa, in September 2020, and consists of flat, prismatic, pale...
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Calcite Crystals from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
Located on the banks of the Mississippi River in Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa, the Linwood Mine is one of the largest underground limestone...
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Dragon Scale Barite, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
Located on the bank of the Mississippi River, in Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa, the Linwood Mine is one of the largest underground limestone...
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Unusual Solution Barite from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
The Linwood Mine, an underground limestone mine in Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, is known for producing beautiful display quality calcite...
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Interesting Zonal Fluorescence in a Barite Crystal from the Linwood mine, Buffalo, Iowa
This specimen of barite from the Linwood mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, is most interesting from a scientific perspective. It is one...
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Fluorescent Calcite from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
This is a larger specimen consisting of what appear to be two generations of calcite crystals on a limestone matrix, from the Linwood...
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Calcite Crystal with Organic Inclusions, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa
These macro photographs show a very interesting multi-wavelength fluorescent response in a single, modified scalenohedral calcite...
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Calcite Crystals on Limestone Matrix, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa
Gemmy, modified scalenohedral, calcite crystals with marcasite inclusions, on limestone matrix, from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott...
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Calcite Crystals with Organic Inclusions, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa
Calcite, modified scalenohedrons with dark marcasite inclusions. Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, USA. Under long wave UV...
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Barite from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
Located adjacent to the Mississippi River, in Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa, the Linwood Mine is one of the largest underground limestone...
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Fluorescent/Phosphorescent Fluorite on Calcite, Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Iowa
Amber-colored, cubic fluorite crystals on a bed of scalenohedral calcite, on limestone matrix, from Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk...
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Calcite Crystals, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
This is a large cluster of transparent, modified rhombohedral calcite crystals on limestone matrix. It was collected in 2016 from the...
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Barite Crystals, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
This is a large cluster of intergrown, prismatic, light golden/smoky colored barite crystals, on a minimal limestone matrix. It was...
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Popcorn Barite, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
A plate of off-white barite crystals on a limestone matrix, from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa. This particular material is...
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Fluorite Cubes on Calcite, Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Iowa
Scalenohedral calcite crystals with minor marcasite and small, brown/amber, cubic fluorite crystals, on limestone matrix. From Pint's...
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